My post has failed to send thrice now! I had my pessary around 2pm as I recall, lost my plug that evening and I gave birth about 10pm the following night It was a good experience, very gradual at first which was nice as I had heard horror stories about being induced making things too quick and leaving the mother in shock... but this was nothing like that.Good luck!

It can happen quickly. You never know! I personally had gel and sweep induction at due date +10. He was born 24 hours after going into hospital even though I was told it could take days with it being my first. Good luck x

I had the propess on day 1 (39 weeks), contractions started immediately, which were uncomfortable but not the full whack. They checked 24 hrs later (day 2) and gave me another propess24 hrs after that (day 3) they broke my waters, which finally got things going properly. I went to the delivery room that night for epidural (highly recommended!) and drip. Ds was born in the early hours of the next morning, day 4!

It was definitely the longest 4 days of my life, I hope it’s much quicker for you, but I’m telling my story to say don’t psych yourself out, I spent the whole time on edge, desperately hoping my baby would arrive in the next few hours, which on reflection made me very stressed and exhausted. I wish I’d have just relaxed and been a little more patient!

Pessary at midday, and DS arrived around 8am the next morning. Contractions started properly at about 6pm and ramping up about 9 or 10pm.Do try and sleep, I hadn't slept the night before (anxious) and obviously didn't sleep the night he came - I was exhausted and fell asleep between contractions which slowed everything down! Good luck!

I was told I could be in for days as DD was my first. Pessery inserted 12pm, waters broken at 6pm, delivered at 10:17pm following an hour of pushing. Fingers crossed it speeds up for you! And good luck!

Thanks everyone! Yep @NutellaCookie I have been bouncing on my birthing ball like mad. Currently strapped to the heart rate monitor but when I come off it I’ll do a lap of the hospital and continue with my bouncing.

Just bear in mind that a lot of stories talk about pessaries instead of propess, the 2 are very different things. My induction was 43 hours from start to finish, could have been 10 hours quicker had all my waters been broken when they first put the drip on and not just my hind waters!

Hi. Me and my wife are expecting our first child. We had our scan today and the results where that we are 14 weeks gone. The baby is 81.4 mm in length.... However the worrying stat is that the nural translucency is at 3.5mm due to this they have referred us to a cardiology scan to check on the babies heart and also say that we have a 20% chance of our baby have down syndrome...... My wife is 32.... I was just wondering if anyone had relatable stories that they could give some advice on how worried we should be or if there is anything we can do to help the little one..